The Avengers Nursery Paintings

At the end of 2012 I received a call from a good friend who was expecting his first baby. He wanted to commission 5 paintings for his new born’s nursery. When he told me the theme was going to be The Avengers I was in. He and his wife wanted the characters painted as babies, four individuals (Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and Captain America) and one group painting. I was very excited to put my own spin on these iconic characters and to help a good friend put together a kick ass nursery for his first child.

Here are the finished pieces in the nursery 

 

Some process pictures

My Friend Robert and his son Jackson

I had a great time painting these and it warms my heart to see my friend’s reaction to them. 

I am so honored to have my art in little Jackson’s nursery. 

Block Printing

So I bought a block printing starter kit and spent the weekend carving and printing. It was pretty great! I haven't made a block print since high school, so it took a little time getting into the groove. I used a very soft material which was extremely easy to cut and made two prints of characters from my comic. Until now I have only had sketches and computer renderings so to have some tangible artwork feels good. My hope is to make a series of these prints to coincide with the comic. Since they are small and easy to reproduce I'm gonna try to sell them for relatively cheap, but for this first round I'll most likely give away for promotion. If you are interested in these let me know.

P.S. I have to give thanks to my wonderful wife who took pictures of the process for all to enjoy.